Mayo says "The cause of chronic fatigue syndrome is unknown, although there are many theories — ranging from viral infections to psychological stress. Some experts believe chronic fatigue syndrome might be triggered by a combination of factors. There's no single test to confirm a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome...The most recent term proposed is systemic exertional intolerance disease (SEID)."
"Systemic exertional intolerance disease" cracks me up. That is a fancy way to say "couch potato" or "lazy bum."
Like I said, Long COVID sounds like Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. No real biological markers for it, just symptoms.
Victor Davis Hanson discusses his long COVID a lot in his podcasts. It sounds very debilitating.
> exertional intolerance
That very phrase was on my last employee review!
“Victor Davis Hanson discusses his long COVID a lot in his podcasts. It sounds very debilitating.”
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VDH has been having a rough time with Long Covid. He’s not feeling well.
I’ll respond to your comment because I have had both in the past. I had chronic fatigue syndrome for about 6 weeks many years ago after the death of my father. I thought I was getting plenty of sleep and every thing, but I was afraid to even drive to work for fear of falling asleep and my head was bobbing forward at my desk at work all day. I wasn’t tired in the least though. It’s hard to even explain. I never read about the psychological link until much later and attribute it to that.
I have had covid three times now and chronic fatigue was the main indicator all three times. Notice I never said syndrome, big difference between the two. I was at the BMV (spring 2020) for a couple of hours when I caught it the first time and chronic fatigue was the only indicator, about 10 days worth.
I ain’t no way tired, lol.
Doh. Poor fella (Mr. Hanson).
I know a fellow who’s ‘enjoying’ the symptoms. Let’s just say that it’s debilitating, and I’m not sure how (or if) he manages to get along.
Myself, I suspect I may have some going on too, but I’m trying to struggle on through. Some days are okay. Other days, I feel like I’m 85 years old or something.
And I don’t mean to insult 85 year olds. I had a friend whom the medico’s killed last year who was 85, and sharp as a tack until he got covid and they gave him the whatsis and left him in the hall to die. Still miss Geno and getting together to play World of Warships on Saturdays. Good times.
But yeah. No fun. It seems to hit me hardest when I’m fatigued or otherwise stressed, like after a long car journey.
Or maybe I’m just confused. :P
Bleh.
*** exertional intolerance***
I think that’s what my older sister has. She rarely has energy, and seems tired much of the time. As soon as she exerts herself in any way, she seems to need to sit down or take a nap.
I’ve urged her to see the doctor to get to the bottom of it. She’s not as persistent with her doc as I would be. Sometimes I think she’s afraid to find out what’s really going on.
She will be 70 in a few months, but acts like she’s 80 or even older.
I have to wonder how much of the MSM COVID hysteria these people watched. I saw the 6pm news at a buddy’s house a year+ ago and it was basically a half hour covid infomercial. All covid all the time. I imagine daytime cable news shows were about the same. My sister had an issue after 9/11 where she was unable to stop watching the news of it and she somewhat went into a depression over it. Imagine watching 12 hours of covidmania every day and what that would do to your mind. It’s well known that the mind can effect the body.